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Rhaponticum
Rhaponticum a.k.a. Maral Root is a genus of plants in the thistle tribe within the sunflower family.
27 branches of this genus, most-observed first

pinecone thistle
speciesRhaponticum coniferum

Russian knapweed
speciesRhaponticum repens

uniflower swisscentaury
speciesRhaponticum uniflorum

Rhaponticum carthamoides
speciesRhaponticum carthamoides

Giant Knapweed
speciesRhaponticum scariosum

Rhaponticum altaicum
speciesRhaponticum altaicum

Austral Cornflower
speciesRhaponticum australe

Rhaponticum centauroides
speciesRhaponticum centauroides

Rhaponticum acaule
speciesRhaponticum acaule

Rhaponticum longifolium
speciesRhaponticum longifolium

Rhaponticum heleniifolium
speciesRhaponticum heleniifolium

Rhaponticum exaltatum
speciesRhaponticum exaltatum

Stemmacantha cynaroides
speciesRhaponticum canariense

Rhaponticum pulchrum
speciesRhaponticum pulchrum

Rhaponticum chinense
speciesRhaponticum chinense

Rhaponticum berardioides
speciesRhaponticum berardioides
Rhaponticum integrifolium
speciesRhaponticum integrifolium

Rhaponticum nanum
speciesRhaponticum nanum

Rhaponticum aulieatense
speciesRhaponticum aulieatense

Rhaponticum insigne
speciesRhaponticum insigne

Rhaponticum nitidum
speciesRhaponticum nitidum
Rhaponticum cossonianum
speciesRhaponticum cossonianum
Rhaponticum annae-bentiae
speciesRhaponticum annae-bentiae
Rhaponticum karatavicum
speciesRhaponticum karatavicum
Rhaponticum lyratum
speciesRhaponticum lyratum
Rhaponticum namanganicum
speciesRhaponticum namanganicum
Rhaponticum pygmaeum
speciesRhaponticum pygmaeum
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Bencao Gangmu, Volume Upper-Middle
李時珍 · 1596 · p.164

Bencao Gangmu, Volume Upper-Middle
李時珍 · 1596 · p.161

Complete Treatise on Agricultural Administration
Xu Guangqi · 1909 · p.643

Herbarium Portatile, Oder Behendes Kräuter- und Gewächs-Buch: Darinn nicht allein 1363. so wol Einheimische als Außländndische Kräuter mit Lateinisch und Deutscher Benennung abgebildet, sondern auch die meisten, so in der Medicin gebräuchlich, kürtzlich erkläret werden
Panckow, Thomas · 1656 · p.117
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 339503.